Since the “Saharan Gold Rush” in the 1990s, one researcher has been fighting for the North African country’s contributions to ...

The nuclear tests conducted by the United States and the then USSR (present day Russia) during the Cold War-era have left ...

Morocco is increasingly a focus of European alliance-building and investment, including in illegally occupied Western Sahara.

An ambush by a “group of criminals” killed at least 10 Nigerien soldiers near the country’s border with Burkina Faso this week, Niger’s ruling military junta said. An intervention unit was sent to the ...

West Africa's regional bloc known as ECOWAS is facing significant challenges after three countries formally quit the group ...

The withdrawal of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso from the bloc — now left with 12 member countries — was the culmination of a ...

Olivier Dubois, a French journalist, was kidnapped by JNIM, a branch of al-Qaida in Africa's Sahel region, while on his way to interview one of the group's leaders in northern Mali ...

N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — France handed over its last military base in Chad to local authorities on Thursday, two months after the former French colony in central Africa broke off its defense cooperation ...

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Burkina Faso is a west African dryland country known for its diverse ecosystems, including savannas, forests and wetlands.